A couple weeks ago Lynn and I went to see the Hollywood in Miniature exhibit on Hollywood Blvd. The main attraction was a model of Hollywood from the 1930's, created by a woodworker named Joe Pellkofer. Like the neighborhood itself, the model is looking a little worse for the wear. Model of Hollywood Tower, on Franklin. It still stands, on Franklin catty-corner from the Clark Street Diner. it's hard to tell in this photo, but the presenter from Hollywood Heritage had some gr

This long Valentine's Day weekend was dedicated to two forces that make the world go round, Love & Basketball. Lynn and I don't make a big deal of Valentine's Day, love is a year/lifelong project afterall, but we did go see "Wuthering Heights" , apparently Warner Brothers insists that you use the quotes on the title. I would describe Emerald Fennel's style as "kinkier Tim Burton." But if you're looking for an alternate relationship drama from a woman director about two people

Let me start with a confession, I've never actually lived in Philadelphia. Unless you count the first few months after I was born (a home birth on Green Street, because Wendy Forman is a superhero). My parents moved to Bucks County, PA when I was a toddler and I grew up in the small village of Carversville, which looks like this: not Philadelphia. (photo by phillyburbs.com ) I did spend a day each week at my grandparents apartment in The Parkway House in Philadelphia though,